Door-hanger.



No. 856.299. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

A. J. RIGKER.

DOOR HANGER. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 2, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH J. RICKER, OF SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO STOWELL MANUFACTURING AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF SOUTH MIL- IVAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed May 2, 1906- Se1'ial No. 314,750.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADoLPri J. RIoKER, residing in South Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in door-hangers, for barns, warehouses, and other outside doors, and more particularly to adjustable means for preventing the wheels from jumping its track, and also to accommodate different widths of track.

The device is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture, and contains but a minimum number of parts, and possesses features of novelty herein fully described and specifically pointed out in the claims. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical edge view of my improvement, parts being broken away and other parts in section, for clearness of illustration: Fig. 2 is a rear view of the hanger and allied parts; Fig. 3 is a side view of the stop; Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a rear view of a fragment of the hanger, showing the.

squared recess and the annular opening into which the stop extends, the stop being removed.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 6 indicates the hanger rail or track which is secured to the wall of a building by means of brackets 7. A grooved wheel 8 rests on the track, and the ends of the shaft of said wheel are supported in a hooded frame9, and the wheel is horizontally adjustable in said hooded frame by means of an axle 10 pro vided with a shoulder 11, and a cotter pin 12, between which shoulder and the cotter pin the wheel 8 is rotatably mounted. The enlarged portion 13 of the axle is screwthreaded, and is adapted to engage a threaded opening in the hooded frame 9, and is the means for horizontally adjusting the hooded frame in its relation to the track.

The screw-threaded portion of the axle is also provided with a jam nut 14 which impinges against a boss on the side of the hooded frame, and tends to more securely hold the axle in its adjusted position. Both sides of the axle, near the outer end thereof, are slabbed for convenience in applying a wrench when it is desired to adjust.

Depending from the hooded frame is an arm 15 which is adjustably connected to a door 16 by means of an interposed plate 17 and a bolt 18.- Extending inwardly from the depending arm 15, and adjustably secured thereto, is a stop or guard 19 provided with an enlargement 20 concentric therewith, and upon the other side of the enlargement is a small squared portion 21 and a screw-threaded stud 22, both being eccentrically connected with relation to the stop or guard. The screw-threaded stud 22 is provided with a clamping nut 23 which is ada ted to clamp the stop or guard in its adjuste position with relation to the depending arm 15.

To accommodate the screw-threaded stud 22 and the squared portion 21 of the stop or guard 19, the depending arm 15 is provided with a squared recess 24 and an annular opening 25, the squared recess correfponding in size and shape, and adapted to take therein the squared portion 21, and thus prevent the guard from being accidentally turned and changing its position. The stud 22 passes through the opening 25 and is clamped to the arm 15 by the nut 23. The squared portion 21 is so positioned on the enlarge ment 20 in relation to the stop or guard that each quarter turn of the stud will adjust the guard nearer to or farther from the track, thereby permitting tracks of different widths to be used with the same hanger, and the guard adjusted so that the roller cannot accidentally jump off the track. The guard is of such length as to allow for the horizontal adjustment of the hooded frame with relation to the track} and": permit the guard to always extend thereunder. With the squared portion 21, four different adjustments of the guard are permitted, thereby adapting the hanger to four different widths of rai It is to be understood, however, that the portion 21 and the recess 24 could be made in forms other than shown, in order to pro vide for more or less finer adjustments, and I do not therefore confine myself to these details of construction, but intend to cover any modifications or variations within the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim as my invention is;

1. A door hanger, comprising a frame por tion, an axle secured to the frame and having a wheel mounted thereon, and an adjustable guard extending from the frame and provided with means for securing the adjustable guard adjustably to the frame without changing the relative position, vertically, of the securing means to the frame.

2. Adoor hanger, comprising a frame portion, a wheel rotatably mounted on the frame, and a cranked guard extending from the frame, and provided with means for securing it adjustably to the frame without changing the relative position vertically of the securing means with respect to the frame.

3. A door hanger, comprising a frame portion, a wheel rotatably mounted on the frame, and a cranked guard adjustably secured to the frame and adapted to be adjusted vertically by rotation.

4. A door hanger comprising a frame portion provided with a depending arm, an axle secured to the frame, a wheel on said axle and resting on a track, an adjustable guard extending from the depending arm of the frame, and means eccentric to the adjustable guard for securing it to the depending arm.

5. A door hanger comprising a frame portion, an axle secured to the frame and having a wheel mounted thereon, an adjustable guard extending from the frame, said adjustable guard provided with a squared portion, and said frame portion provided with a recess, and means for securing the squared portion when inserted within the recess.

6. A door hanger comprising a frame portion, an axle secured to the frame and having a wheel mounted thereon, an adjustable guard extending from the frame, said' adjustable guard provided with a squared portion and a stud, and said frame portion provided with a recess and with an opening, and

means for securing the stud, when the squared portion thereof is inserted within the recess, and the stud is passed through the opening.

7. A door hanger, comprising a frame portion, an axle secured to the frame and having a wheel mounted thereon,' an adjustable guard extending from the frame, said guard provided with a portion eccentric thereto, and said frame provided with a recess, and. means for securing the eccentrically disposed portion of the guard, when said portion is inserted within the recess.

8. A door hanger, comprising a frame portion, an axle secured to the frame and having a wheel mounted thereon, an adjustable guard extending from the frame, said guard provided with a squared portion and a threaded stud eccentric thereto, and said frame provided with a recess and with. an 5 opening, and a nut for engaging the threaded stud, when the squared portion thereof is inserted within the recess, and the threaded stud passed through the opening.

9. A door hanger, comprising a frame por- 7 tion, an axle secured to the frame and having a wheel mounted thereon, an adjustable guard extending from the frame, said guard provided with an enlargement, a squared portion, and with a threaded stud, said squared portion and threaded stud being positioned eccentrically to the adjustable guard, and said frame provided with a squared recess and with an opening, and a nut for engaging the threaded stud, when the 30 squared portion thereof is inserted within the squared recess and the threaded stud is passed through the opening.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

ADOLPH J. RICKER.

Witnesses:

C. H. KEENEY, ANNA F. SOHMIDTBAUER. 

